Steeplechase game



Jan. 26 1926. 1,570,846

I. KUSSNER STEEPLEGHASE GAME,

Filed June 2, 1925 1 N V EN TOR. IJAA 1 A l/6 5N0? A TTORNE Y.

Patented Jan. 26, 1926.

UNITED STATES ISRAEL KUSSNER, NEW YORK, N. Y.

STEEPLECHASE- GAME.

Application filed June 2, 1925." Serial No. 34,375.

To all 107mm it may concern:

Be it known that I, ISRAEL KUssNEn, a citizen of the United States,residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Steeplethase Games,of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to games and toys to a novel and improvedSteeplechase, em-

bodying a number of freely supported ob-:

jects such as a horse and a rider, suspended above a rotatable table ordisc so that when the latter is rotated, the said objects will be causedto pass over obstructions such as hurdles, stone walls and trees.

One of the objects of my invention 1s to provide a game embodying a wireframe and a rotatable disc or turn table, including provision forhingedly supporting a plurality of objects, such as horses and riders,which are caused to encounter obstructions on the turn table as thelatter 1s rotated.

In order to more fully understand and appreciate my invention, referenceis had to the accompanying drawings, showing a preferred embodimentthereof, wherein,

The single view shows a perspective view of the game.

It will be seen that 5 designates the base of a polygonal shaped frame,preferably constructed of wire. A series of upwardly extending rods 6,also constructed of wlre, are bent inwardly as at 7 and looped as at 8to form an eye, one end of the said rod 6 terminating in a top disc 9.The respective wires 6 are looped as at, 10 about the bottom frame 5 andextend inwardly and upwardly as at 11 and terminate in a bottom disc 12,for a purpose presently to appear. The base and the rods above referredto constitute an open frame or guard for a vertical spindle and aturntable, on which a number of obstructions, such as hurdles, stonewalls, and other objects appear.

Centrally of the wire frame, I provide a flat disc 13 having a hub 14,which constitutes a bearing for the lower end of a vertical spindle orrod 15. Mounted on the rod is a turntable 16 on which the obstructions,above referred to, are positioned. The spindle 15, of course, extendsthrough the top and bottom discs 9 and 12, and attached to the top ofthe spindle is a turning knob 17, whereby the turnta le m y be r at d onthe bearing. The lower end of the spindle 15 is preferably pointed sothat upon the rotation thereof and the turntable 16, mounted thereon,the latter will dip during its revolution.

Supported from the respective eyes 8 of the vertical rod'6, andsubstantially intermediate the inwardly extending portion 7 thereof, area plurality of suspended rods 18, on the lower ends of which are mountedthe miniature horses and the riders 19. The upper ends of the rods 18are loosely connected to the eyes 8 and the lower ends thereof to thedetachable miniature objects 19 so that when the latter encounters orengages one of the obstructions, such as the hurdles 20 and wall 21, thesaid objects Will fall from the rods. By reason of the rotation of theturntable 16, which will have the tendency to dip, certain of theobjects will pass over the obstructions, whereas others will strike theobstructions. In this manner it will be seen that a novel andinteresting game is afforded wherein certain players electing certain ofthe objects 19 may play the game, it being assumed that the objectsremaining suspended after the turntable has been rotated, may constitutethe winners or the losers of the game as the case may be. 1

,VVhile I have illustrated and described my invention with some degreeof particularity, I realize that in practice various alterations thereinmay be made. I therefore reserve the right and privilege of changing theform of the details of construction or otherwise altering thearrangement of the correlated parts without departing from the spirit ofthe invention or the scope of the appended claims. I

Having thus described my invention, What I claim as new, and desire tosecure by United States Letters Patent is':

1. A toy or game of the class described, comprising an open frame, aplurality of detachable units suspended from the top of the frame, arotatable shaft and support therefor mounted centrally of the frame, aturntable rotatable with the shaft and obstructions on the turntable forengaging said deachable unit-s.

2.-A toy or game of the class described comprising a polygonal openframe having inwardly extending rods at the top and bottom terminatingin a top and bottom disc, a plurality of detachable units carried by theof objects loosely suspended from the inwardly bent top portion of therods, a vertical shaft and a supporting base therefor axially of thewire frame, said shaft passing through the discs and a turntable havingobstruction thereon carried by the shaft, said obstructions engaging thesuspended objects when the turntable is rotated.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

ISRAEL KUSSNER.

